legal aid
noun
: aid provided by an organization established especially to serve the legal needs of the poor
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In a similar spirit, during the 1960s and ’70s, the Black Panther Party refused second-class citizenship, creating national breakfast programs, health clinics, ambulance services, legal aid, schools and care programs to reject the void of public services available to Black Americans.
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Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
Still, police abuses persist, and public funding for legal aid to indigent people is insufficient to meet the need.
—Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2024
The settlement, announced last Thursday, also establishes a $1.65 million fund for legal aid and nonprofit service providers who provide legal representation to unemployment insurance claimants.
—Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2024
Colorado legal aid organizations will now have a new pot of money to draw from, thanks to a law signed Monday by Gov. Jared Polis.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
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Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
Still, police abuses persist, and public funding for legal aid to indigent people is insufficient to meet the need.
—Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2024
The settlement, announced last Thursday, also establishes a $1.65 million fund for legal aid and nonprofit service providers who provide legal representation to unemployment insurance claimants.
—Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2024
Colorado legal aid organizations will now have a new pot of money to draw from, thanks to a law signed Monday by Gov. Jared Polis.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
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“Legal aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20aid. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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